Bolt-bearing.



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JosE'PH L. BEANE, 0F 'Ln GRAND, Io'wn.

BoLT-BEARiNG.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. ie, 1915..

A ncatiba easiest-er 2s, isiiz. warm; salsa Be it knowntha t I, JOSEPH L. BisANE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Le Grand, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have made certain new and useful linproveinentsin Bolt-Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is "an improvement in rodless end gate's for wagons, and has for its object the provision of ine'chanism'for securing an end gate in place on a wagon, without the use of the usual rod, and wherein the gate may be'locked or released without removing the locking means from the gate.

In the drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rea'rendof a wagon body provided with the improvement, showing the gate in place and locked Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section near one hi the sides of the body; Fig. 3is a perspective View of one corner of the body, showi'ngthe gate in place biit unlocl'ie'd; and, Fig. 4: 'isa perspective View 'of the bearing for one of the locking holts.

In the present embodiment ofthe invention, each of the sides 1 of the body of the wagon is providedw-ith a vertical strip 2 secured to theinner face of the side member near the rear end thereof and the'end gate 3 is adapted to rest at its ends against the said strips, the said gate being of such length that it will fit between the sides 1 of the loody, and will rest at'its lowered'ge against the bottom 4 015 the body. As a rule the endgate' is of such width that the upper edge thereof will be flush with the upper edges ofthesides. r

A bar or strip: 5 is'scu'red to the oil'iter face of the gate near each' end thereof, and in spaced rei'a'tifon with'resp'ect tothe said end, and the saidstrip's extend a little more than half of the width or the ate. Theup'per end of each of the strips is beveled, as shown at 5 and the loc'lzfing' inean's forthe ends of the gate are arranged at the upper ends of the said strips and in al'i'n'e'men't therewith.

Each of the' loching means is as before stated near the upper edge oi the gate, and the lower edge is held in place "against the strips 2 by means of the angi'e plates, shown in Fig. 1. Each ofthe said plates consists. oi a portion 6 secured to the bettoih of the wagon body on the upper face thereof, by' means of rivets 7, or the like, and an approximately vertical portion 8, the said portion 3 "of each ang1e 'o1ate beinginclined outwardly toward its upper end, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2. d

Each of the locking or holding devices above mentioned, consists of a boltorv rod 9, having at the end a transverse head or lug 10 and at the other end with an angular handle Each of the said handles is provided intermediate it's ends with a lateral bend 13 for convenience in grasping the handle, 'when'the bolt is in lockedposition.

Whenthe bolt is inloc ked position, the handle eiite'nds downwardly alongside the outer face of the end gate, and alongside the inner edge of the adjacent strip 5. In this position the handle is not liable to be caught by"anj t hing to disengage the gate. Each of the bolts 9 is mountedto rotate and to move longitudinally in the bearing shown in Fig. 41-. Each of the said beai'ings'consists of two sections, 'thebu'ter section being composed of a plate 17 having a transi frse central recess 18 formed by bending the platelateran and the said recess 18 is adapted to receive the bolt 9 and the inner bearing section 14. The inner section 14 has its outer face grooved, as shown, to fit the bolt 9, and the said section isi'provide'd at ,each side edge with 'aftransverse lu g 15. The section 17 is provided at each side of the recess 18 with anot'ch 16 for receiving a lug 15. The recess 18 is of such depth that when thebol't 9 isin place and theinner secti'on'l lhas its lugs 15 engaged with theno't'ches 16, the rear face of the said section will be flush with the rear face ofthe plate. v I

The ends of the plate 17 are pr'ovided with openings19 for receiving rivets 20, to hold the outer section to the end gate, and the engagement of thelugs 15 with the recesses 16 of the enter sectib'n prevents movement of the bearing sections with respect to each other. The bolt 9 is rotatable slidable in the hearing, and each of the "sides 1 of the body, is piovideawith an openin an in slimmest with the bolt.

r A plate 21 is secured over the opening, each of the'piates being or eneral elliptical o hganflsec fi d t fli d ter ce the sideof the Bird? by rivets 522, and each plate a a openi aor .sl t 23 a it c nt r... e

fitting are passage 5i theses-a 10hr the a ace'nt bolt. When the head passes through the opening or slot and is turned transverse to the said opening or slot, the

bolt islocked from return movement, thus locking the end gate in place in the body. It will be noted that the slot 23in the plate 21 is rounded at each side intermediate the.

ends, to receive the rounded end of the bolt 9.

In oaeration with the end ate in lace as plate 21, and through the opening of the side member 1 of the wagon body, until the said bolt and head is clear of the said member. Now the upper edge of the end gate is free'from the body, and the said gate may be lifted upwardly until the lower edge clears the portions 8 of the angle plates, after which the end gate may be moved either upwardly orLrearwardly.

: To replace and lock the end gate, it is po sitioned against the strips 2, as shown in Fig. 1, with the lower edge between the said strips and the angle plates 68. The bolts are now moved longitudinally to cause the heads to pass through the openings 24c in the sides of the body and through the openings} of the plate 21, and the handle is permitted to drop into the position shown in Fig. 1,' thus turning the bolt to cause the head 10 to stand at right angles, to the opening '23, thus preventing withdrawal of the bolt. 7

From'an inspection offFigs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the portion 8 of each of the said angle plates inclines outwardly toward its upper free end, permitting the upper edge of the gateto be moved rearwardly without interference from the said portions 8 of the angle plates. This manner of arranging thesaid portions 8 also facilitates the placing of the gate in closed position,

since the said portions form a guide for guiding the gate into position against the strips.

The handle 11 acts as a stop for limiting V the longitudinal movement of the bolt 9 in one'direction. Thelength of the said bolt is suclrthat when the said handle -11is in contact with the end of the bearing for the bolt, the head 1O will be in suchposition that it may be turned transverse to the slot of the plate 21.

The handle 11 is approximately at right angles to the direction of length of the head 10, so that the weight of the handle will tend tohold the head in locked position, that is transverse to the slot 23.

The outer bearing section 17 is provided at the end adjacent to the end 11 with a notch or recess 24 for receiving the handle 11, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3. The bolt 9 is of such length, that when the handle 11 is in the recess 24 of the bearing, the head 10 will extend beyond the outer face of the side 1 of the wagon body a slight distance. Nhen now the handle is moved downward, the bolt is forced longitudinally, as the handle moves out of the notch 24-, thus pressing the head tightly against the reinforcing plate 21. The notch acts as a cam to insure that the gate will be held tightly in place.

Each end of the end gate is provided with recesses 25 circular in cross section, and in each recess is arranged an anti-friction roller or washer26 of rubber or the like, each washer having a central opening for receiving a screw 27 to hold the washer in place. The said washer abuts against the faces of the sides of the wagon body, and other rollers or washers may be inserted in the sides of the body, to bear against the washers 26, to prevent rubbing and noise, and to insure that the gate will be held tightly in place.

It will be understood that the head 10 may be arranged at any angle with respect to the handle, for whenever the said head is at an angle with respect to the opening 23, the head will be prevented from being withdrawn through the said opening.

I claim:

A bearing for a longitudinally movable and rotatable bolt, comprising inner and outer bearing sections, the outer section having an outwardly oflset portion intermediate its ends forming a transverse groove on the opposite face, and provided at its ends with means for permitting the sections to be secured to a fixed support, the groove being of greater depth than the diameter of the bolt to be received, the inner bearing section being shaped to fit within the groove and having in its inner face a groove cooperating with the groove of the outer section to receive the bolt, said outer section having notches and the inner section having lugs for engaging the notches to limit the longitudinal movement of the inner section with respect to the outer section, the inner faces of the outer section and the inner section being flush with each other.

JOSEPH L. BEANE.

Witnesses:

D. W. RICHARDS, Mrs. J DE BUI-IR.

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' Washington. D. G. 

